Variation in test results management

New research: Variation in electronic results management

New research: Variation in electronic results management published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA)

A recent paper published in the journal JAMIA, Variation in electronic test results management and its implications for patient safety: A multisite investigation authored by Dr Judith Thomas from the Diagnostic Informatics team, showed that test results tracking and follow-up is a priority area in need of health information technology development and training to improve team-based collaboration/communication of results follow-up and diagnostic safety.

Journal article: Thomas J, Dahm M. R, Li J, Smith P, Irvine J, Westbrook J. I, Georgiou A, Variation in electronic test results management and its implications for patient safety: A multisite investigation, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, ocaa093, https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaa093

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